CIDA work with a wide variety of specialst creative business advisors which allows us to respond quickly to the needs of our members and the beneficiaries of our projects. We work with creatives at the cutting edge of their sectors offering an invaluable insight, via panels, training sessions and networking events, to the guts and gore of working in the creative and cultural industries.

Toks Majek-Akisanya: Chief Executive
Toks is responsible for the development of CIDA’s programmes and ensures that we continue to develop and provide quality innovative services to meet the needs of our clients and stakeholders.Toks is the first point of contact for 1-2-1 advice to new members and Manages Neoponic CIDA’s augmented incubation project.

Toks has 20 years experience in the creative and cultural industries, ran his own start-up business, worked 3 years at the Arts Council and has Reuters and Walt Disney on his CV. He has been [or is] a photographer, author, song-writer and spoken word artist.

Rebecca Hallifax: Communications Czar
Rebecca updates all CIDA’s websites as well as our various social networks (if you haven’t signed up yet, go do it now!) and writes our 4 Newsletters! She leads on marketing and PR for the organisation and plays a lead role in event planning for Cr8net our flagship networking event.

Rebecca enjoys singing along to rubbish pop music, making jewellery and cooking.